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St Nicholas's Church, Deptford, London, England

Wall tablet at St Nicholas’s Church, Deptford commemorating Lieutenant Peter Butt RN d. 1780 and Lieutenant John Butt RN d. 1799

Location

St Nicholas's Church, Deptford, London, England

Transcript

'M.S. / LIEUT.T PETER BUTT R.N. AET 17. / Eldest Son of PETER BUTT Esqr. / who died 7th July 1780, of wounds / received on board H.M.S. Conqueror / R. Adml. Rowley, on the 19th of May / preceding in the Fleet under / the Command of V. Adml. Sir / George Rodney, in Action with / the French Fleet in the West Indies. / Also of / LIEUT.T JOHN BUTT, /Second Son of PETER BUTT Esqr. / who was drowned while in Com- / mand of an Armed Ship in the North Sea, 24th Septr. 1799 Aet 26. / Mrs GRACE BUTT, Mother of the / above PETER and JOHN BUTT / died 24th Decr 1824'

Details

Type: Tablet
Position: North wall east bay
Materials: White marble
Vessel: HMS Conqueror

Event Category

1775-1783 American Revolutionary War

People

Butt, Peter
Age: 17
Date of Death: 7/7/1780
Cause of Death: War casualty
Rank / Occupation: Midshipman RN
Organisation: Royal Navy
Butt, John
Age: 26
Date of Death: 24/9/1799
Cause of Death: War casualty
Rank / Occupation: Lieutenant RN
Organisation: Royal Navy

Extra

Notes: DOSSIER.
Bibliography: J. Summerson 'Monuments in St Nicholas Deptford', 'Mariners Mirror' vol. 27 (1941) p. 288; David Saunders 'Maritime Memorials & Mementoes' (Yeovil, 1996) p. 54 (photo).

JSON

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  "location": "St Nicholas's Church, Deptford, London, England",
  "transcript": "'M.S. / LIEUT.T PETER BUTT R.N. AET 17. / Eldest Son of PETER BUTT Esqr. / who died 7th July 1780, of wounds / received on board H.M.S. Conqueror / R. Adml. Rowley, on the 19th of May / preceding in the Fleet under / the Command of V. Adml. Sir / George Rodney, in Action with / the French Fleet in the West Indies. / Also of / LIEUT.T JOHN BUTT, /Second Son of PETER BUTT Esqr. / who was drowned while in Com- / mand of an Armed Ship in the North Sea, 24th Septr. 1799 Aet 26. / Mrs GRACE BUTT, Mother of the / above PETER and JOHN BUTT / died 24th Decr 1824'",
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    "date": "",
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St Nicholas's Cathedral, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Tyne and Wear, England

Monument in Newcastle Cathedral commemorating Admiral Cuthbert Collingwood d. 1810

Location

St Nicholas's Cathedral, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Tyne and Wear, England

Transcript

'SACRED TO THE MEMORY OF VICE-ADMIRAL CUTHBERT BARON COLLINGWOOD, WHO WAS BORN IN THIS TOWN ON THE 26TH SEPTEMBER, 1750, OF AN ANCIENT FAMILY. HE SERVED WITH GREAT BRAVERY IN THE ACTION OF THE 1ST OF JUNE, 1794; AND BORE A DISTINGUISHED PART IN THE VICTORY OFF CAPE ST VINCENT IN 1797. IN THE GREAT BATTLE OF TRAFALGAR HE LED THE BRITISH SQUADRONS INTO ACTION, AND PRESSED FORWARD WITH HIS SINGLE SHIP INTO THE MIDST OF THE COMBINED FLEETS OF FRANCE AND SPAIN. ON THAT DAY, AFTER THE DEATH OF HIS ILLUSTRIOUS COMMANDER AND FRIEND LORD NELSON, HE COMPLETED THE MOST GLORIOUS AND DECISIVE VICTORY WHICH IS RECORDED IN THE NAVAL ANNALS OF THE WORLD. IN THE COMMAND OF THE MEDITERRANEAN TO WHICH HE SUCCEEDED, HE DISPLAYED UNRIVALLED SKILL AS A SEAMAN, AND GREAT TALENTS AND ADDRESS IN THE CONDUCT OF MANY IMPORTANT NEGOTIATIONS. AFTER FIVE YEARS, DURING WHICH HE NEVER QUITTED HIS SHIP FOR A SINGLE NIGHT, HE BECAME ANXIOUS TO REVISIT HIS NATIVE LAND; BUT BEING INFORMED THAT HIS SERVICE COULD ILL BE SPARED IN THOSE CRITICAL TIMES, HE REPLIED, THAT HIS LIFE WAS HIS COUNTRY'S, AND PERSEVERED IN THE DISCHARGE OF HIS ARDUOUS DUTIES, TILL EXHAUSTED WITH FATIGUE, HE EXPIRED, ON BOARD HIS MAJESTY'S SHIP THE VILLE DE PARIS ON 7TH MARCH, 1810, IN THE 60TH YEAR OF HIS AGE. IN PRIVATE LIFE HE WAS GENEROUS AND AFFECTIONATE - A PIOUS, JUST, AND EXEMPLARY MAN. A MONUMENT WAS ERECTED TO HIS MEMORY BY PARLIAMENT, IN THE CATHEDRAL CHURCH OF ST PAUL WHERE HE LIES BY THE SIDE OF THE HERO TO WHOM HE SO WORTHILY SUCCEEDED IN THE VICTORY OF TRAFALGAR. HIS WIDOW (DAUGHTER OF JOHN ERASMUS BLACKETT, ESQ., OF THIS TOWN), AND HIS TWO DAUGHTERS, HAD CAUSED THIS CENOTAPH TO BE ERECTED; AND ON LADY COLLINGWOOD'S DEATH, ON THE 17TH SEPTEMBER, 1819, IT WAS INSCRIBED TO BOTH THEIR REVERED AND LAMENTED PARENTS, BY THEIR GRATEFUL CHILDREN'

Details

Description: In the form of a draped marble cenotaph, Lord Collingwood's arms placed on a naval sword. In front of the cenotaph, a bust of Collingwood on a inscribed plinth. It stands on a rock with a frieze of waves carved across the base of the memorial. Above the inscription three overlapping wreaths containing the inscriptions '1ST OF JUNE', 'ST VINCENT', 'TRAFALGAR'.
Type: Monument
Position: West End
Materials: Marble
Date Erected: 1819
Artists: John Charles Felix Rossi; R. Cockrell

Event

Battle of Trafalgar

Event Date

1805

Event Category

1803-1815 Napoleonic War

People

Collingwood, Cuthbert
Age: 60
Date of Death: 7/3/1810
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Admiral
Organisation: Royal Navy

Extra

Notes: Collingwood's date of birth 1748.
Bibliography: Rupert Gunnis 'Dictionary of British Sculptors 1660-1851' (London, 1964); Geoffrey Murray 'The Life of Admiral Collingwood' (London, 1936), Ed. Colin White 'The Trafalgar Captains: Their Lives and Memorials' (London, 2005) p. 44.
Recorder: B. Tomlinson
Photographer: B. Tomlinson

JSON

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    "event":"Battle of Trafalgar",
    "date": "1805",
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    "bibliography": "Rupert Gunnis 'Dictionary of British Sculptors 1660-1851' (London, 1964); Geoffrey Murray 'The Life of Admiral Collingwood' (London, 1936), Ed. Colin White 'The Trafalgar Captains: Their Lives and Memorials' (London, 2005) p. 44.",
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St Mary and St Nicholas Church, Beaumaris, Anglesey, Wales

Gravestone at St Mary and St Nicholas Church, Beaumaris, Anglesey commemorating John Williams d. 1873

Location

St Mary and St Nicholas Church, Beaumaris, Anglesey, Wales

Transcript

'UNDERNEATH / lie the remains of GEORGE son of / John Williams Pilot by Elizabeth / His Wife he Died 27th of Jany 1931 / Aged 6 years / Also / ELIZABETH WILLIAMS / wife of the above JOHN WILLIAMS / died Feby 24th 1858 Aged 75 / Also / the above JOHN WILLIAMS / died February 5th 1873 / AGED 88 YEARS'

Details

Type: Gravestone
Position: Churchyard
Materials: Slate

People

Williams, John
Age: 88
Date of Death: 5/2/1873
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Pilot
Organisation:

Extra

Notes: Stone laid flat.

JSON

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  "transcript": "'UNDERNEATH / lie the remains of GEORGE son of / John Williams Pilot by Elizabeth / His Wife he Died 27th of Jany 1931 / Aged 6 years / Also / ELIZABETH WILLIAMS / wife of the above JOHN WILLIAMS / died Feby 24th 1858 Aged 75 / Also / the above JOHN WILLIAMS / died February 5th 1873 / AGED 88 YEARS'",
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East Greenwich Pleasaunce, Greenwich, London, England

Gravestone at East Greenwich Pleasaunce, Greenwich commemorating Henry Parker, a Trafalgar veteran d. 1873

Location

East Greenwich Pleasaunce, Greenwich, London, England

Transcript

'SACRED / TO THE MEMORY / OF HENRY PARKER / CAPTAIN R.N. / MIDSHIPMAN OF BELLEISLE / AT TRAFALGAR. / DIED APRIL 7TH 1873 / AGED 84. / BLESSED ARE THE DEAD WHICH / DIE IN THE LORD FOR THEY / REST FROM THEIR LABOURS'

Details

Type: Headstone
Vessel: HMS Belleisle

Event

Battle of Trafalgar

Event Date

1805

Event Category

1803-1815 Napoleonic War

People

Parker, Henry
Age: 84
Date of Death: 7/4/1873
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Midshipman RN
Organisation: Royal Navy

Extra

Bibliography: Hugh Meller 'London cemeteries: an illustrated guide and gazetteer' (Amersham, 1981).
Recorder: B. Tomlinson 1988
Photographer: Dr Pieter van der Merwe 2020

JSON

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  "transcript": "'SACRED / TO THE MEMORY / OF HENRY PARKER / CAPTAIN R.N. / MIDSHIPMAN OF BELLEISLE / AT TRAFALGAR. / DIED APRIL 7TH 1873 / AGED 84. / BLESSED ARE THE DEAD  WHICH / DIE IN THE LORD FOR THEY / REST FROM THEIR LABOURS'",
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    "event":"Battle of Trafalgar",
    "date": "1805",
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  "people": [{"name":"Parker, Henry","age":"84","dateofdeath":"7/4/1873","causeofdeath":"Unknown/None","rankOccupation":"Midshipman RN","organisation":"Royal Navy"}],
  "extra": {
    "notes": "",
    "bibliography": "Hugh Meller 'London cemeteries: an illustrated guide and gazetteer' (Amersham, 1981).",
    "recorder": "B. Tomlinson 1988",
    "photographer": "Dr Pieter van der Merwe 2020"  }
}

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St Nicholas's Church, Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, England

Memorial gravestone at St Nicholas’s Church, Great Yarmouth, Norfolk commemorating Thomas Johnson, shipbuilder, d.1836

Location

St Nicholas's Church, Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, England

Transcript

'Thomas JOHNSON, (Formerly of Lowestoft) shipbuilder died 16 March 1836 aged 50'

Details

Position: Churchyard

People

Johnson, Thomas
Age: 50
Date of Death: 16/3/1836
Cause of Death: Unknown
Rank / Occupation: Shipbuilder
Organisation: Unknown

Extra

Recorder: Reverend William Henry Donnan 1967

JSON

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  "location": "St Nicholas's Church, Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, England",
  "transcript": "'Thomas JOHNSON, (Formerly of Lowestoft) shipbuilder died 16 March 1836 aged 50'",
  "content": "<p>Memorial gravestone at St Nicholas’s Church, Great Yarmouth, Norfolk commemorating Thomas Johnson, shipbuilder, d.1836</p>",
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  "extra": {
    "notes": "",
    "bibliography": "",
    "recorder": "Reverend William Henry Donnan 1967",
    "photographer": ""  }
}

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Esplanade Burial Ground, Trincomalee, Sri Lanka, Rest of the World

Memorial at the Esplanade Burial Ground, Trincomalee, Sri Lanka commemorating Bertram Mitford RN d. 1869

Location

Esplanade Burial Ground, Trincomalee, Sri Lanka, Rest of the World

Transcript

'Sacred to the memory of Bertram Mitford R.N. paymaster of H.M.S. Cossack who was drowned at Trincomalee July 10 1869 age 32 years'

Details

Vessel: HMS Cossack

People

Mitford, Bertram
Age: 32
Date of Death: 10/7/1869
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Paymaster
Organisation: Royal Navy

Extra

Notes: Formerly Ceylon.
Recorder: C. Flintham

JSON

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  "transcript": "'Sacred to the memory of Bertram Mitford R.N. paymaster of H.M.S. Cossack who was drowned at Trincomalee July 10 1869 age 32 years'",
  "content": "<p>Memorial at the Esplanade Burial Ground, Trincomalee, Sri Lanka commemorating Bertram Mitford RN d. 1869</p>",
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  "extra": {
    "notes": "Formerly Ceylon.",
    "bibliography": "",
    "recorder": "C. Flintham",
    "photographer": ""  }
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Hong Kong Cemetery, Happy Valley, Hong Kong, China, Rest of the World

Memorial in Hong Kong Cemetery commemorating Alexander Smith d. 1868

Location

Hong Kong Cemetery, Happy Valley, Hong Kong, China, Rest of the World

Transcript

'Sacred / to the memory / of / Alexander Smith / engineer P&O's SN Co's SS Pekin / died August 20th 1868 / aged 27 years / this stone has been erected as a / tribute of respect by the P&O's Co's engineers on this station'

Details

Type: Headstone
Vessel: SS Pekin

People

Smith, Alexander
Age: 27
Date of Death: 20/8/1868
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Engineer
Organisation: P & O Line

Extra

Notes: Iron paddle steamer, launched 1846 as 'Sultan', built by Tod & McGregor, Glasgow, renamed 1847, 1182 tons gross.
Recorder: Christine Thomas; Patricia Lim, Gwulo.com

JSON

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  "transcript": "'Sacred / to the memory / of / Alexander Smith / engineer P&O's SN Co's SS Pekin / died August 20th 1868 / aged 27 years / this stone has been erected as a / tribute of respect by the P&O's Co's engineers on this station'",
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    "notes": "Iron paddle steamer, launched 1846 as 'Sultan', built by Tod & McGregor, Glasgow, renamed 1847, 1182 tons gross.",
    "bibliography": "",
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}

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St Leonard's Church, Bursledon, Hampshire, England

Memorial at St Leonard’s Church, Bursledon, Hampshire, commemorating William Rose d. 1805

Location

St Leonard's Church, Bursledon, Hampshire, England

Details

People

Rose, William
Age: 46
Date of Death: 1805
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Master of Trinity House
Organisation: Trinity House

Extra

Notes: Married to Celia grand-daughter of Philemon Ewer (see his memorial).
Bibliography: P. Clissold 'Ships and Monuments in the Solent Area', 'Mariner's Mirror' vol. 58, p. 210 (Greenwich, 1972).

JSON

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    "recorder": "",
    "photographer": ""  }
}

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St Nicholas, Tooting, London, England

Memorial at St Nicholas, Tooting, London commemorating Lieutenant Charles Rice RN d. 1802

Location

St Nicholas, Tooting, London, England

Transcript

'Sacred to the Memory / of JOHN RICE Esqr. / who departed this Life July 31st 1801: aged 49 / leaving a large Family / to lament the loss of a kind Parent / a faithful Friend, and Able Advisor. / Also the the Memory / of CHARLES RICE Esqr. / Lieutenant in the Royal Navy; / who died February 26th 1802; aged 23 / He was/a young Man of a most amiable Disposition, / and his Loss is severely felt / by all who had the Knowledge / of his excellent Qualities.'

Details

Description: The inscription tablet flanked by pilasters, an urn draped with a swag of flowers in relief above. The urn is carved with the family arms.
Type: Wall tablet
Position: South transept
Materials: Marble
Date Erected: 1802
Artists: John Bacon

People

Rice, Charles
Age: 23
Date of Death: 26/2/1802
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Lieutenant RN
Organisation: Royal Navy

Extra

JSON

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Hong Kong Cemetery, Happy Valley, Hong Kong, China, Rest of the World

Memorial in Hong Kong Cemetery commemorating Robert Jones d. 1872

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Hong Kong Cemetery, Happy Valley, Hong Kong, China, Rest of the World

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'Sacred to the memory of R. Jones, native of Wales, born 1822 who departed this life January 11th 1872, aged 50 years. Late Diver of Shanghai and Hong Kong. Erected by his affectionate friend W BRISTOW'

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Type: Headstone

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Jones, Robert
Age: 50
Date of Death: 11/1/1872
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Diver
Organisation:

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Recorder: Christine Thomas

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